wlite
aspect ⬩ countenance ⬩ looks ⬩ appearance ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ good looks ⬩ beautiful appearance ⬩ beauty ⬩ glory ⬩ ornament
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Hé hié gegiereþ myd ðám winsumestan wlitum, and eft geungewlitegaþ, Shrn. 195, 11
ge-staþelian
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</b> of residence, to settle, lodge :-- Hwelpas leóna . . . in bedcleofum heara hié gesteaðeliað ( se conlocabunt), Ps. Srt. 103, 22.
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ge-wendan
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Ðis folc nis nó gewend tó ðǽm ðe hié swingð, Past. 267, 6. Gewoendet tó ðé, Lk. L. 17, 4. of condition On hine seolfne gewoende in se reuersus, Lk. L. 17, 4.
leornian
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Hé hiene benǽmde . . . þǽre scóle þe hé on leornode, Ors. 6, 31; S. 284, 24. Húmeta cann þes stafas þonne hé ne leornode?, Jn. 7, 15. Ðá þe firwetgeorne weorþaþ and onginnaþ leornian, Bt. 39, 3; F. 216, 5. with prep.
ge-cynd
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Hié beheledon heora fæderes gecynd (cf. gesceapu, 22) operuerunt uerenda patris sui, Gen. 9, 23. Inádle on wífes gecyndon and on fótum, Lch. ii. 176, 1. <b>VII b.
habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Hie hine ofslægenne hæfdon they had slain him, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 1 : 867; Erl. 72, 9
Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Him wæs on móde myccle weorce (cf. on weorce, 225, 28 supra) and mycel tweó, hwæt hié be ðære dorstan dón Blickl. Homl. 205, 9. Him wæs ðæt swíþe myccle weorce, ðæt hé swá ungefulwad forðféran sceolde. 217, 22.
ceorl
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Hæbbe ǽlc monn his wíf, and ǽlc wíf hiere ciorl, Past. 99, 12. Wóhhǽmed begangan mid óþerra ceorla wífum, Bl. H. 61, 14. a man of inferior class, peasant, rustic Hwæt is þes ceorl ( rusticus )?, Gr. D. 35, 2: 45, 24. Se mǽra landbegenga ( St.
weorþian
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Ðæt hié weorðeden ðone mǽran dæg, Elen. Kmbl. 2442; El. 1222. Eal folc wurþodon symbel-nysse, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 152. Weorþian wé nú tódæg ðone tócyme ðæs Hálgan Gástes, Blickl. Homl. 131, II : 171, 3.
swíðe
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Næfde se here Angelcynn ealles for swíðe gebrocod; ac hié wǽron micle swíþor gebrocede mid ceápes cwilde and monna; ealles swíþost mid ðæm ðæt manige ðara sélestena cynges þéna forðférdon, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 29-32
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wlanc
proud ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ bold ⬩ proud ⬩ bold ⬩ arrogant ⬩ haughty ⬩ insolent ⬩ proud ⬩ elate ⬩ exultant ⬩ splendid ⬩ great ⬩ high ⬩ august ⬩ magnificent ⬩ rich
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Ic lǽrde wlance men and heáhgeþungene ðæt hié ne ástigan on ofermédu, ne welena tó wel ne trúwodon, Blickl.
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ge-bídan
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<b></b></b> Hié swá ondrǽdendlíce gebidon þæt se ege ofergongen wæs, and þǽr siþþan wælgrimlíce gefuhton. Ors. 4, 2 ; S. 160, 31. Gebíd ðú mid ðǽre andsware, oð ðú wite ðæt ðín sprǽc hæbbe ǽgðer ge ord ge ende, Past. 385, 12.
gleáw
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Hié gemétton módes gleáwne, An. 143. with prep. Melchisedech gleáw in gǽste, Cri. 139. (1 b) where mode of expressing intelligence is given. in gen. Þonces gleáw, Ph. 144: An. 557. Hygeþances gleáw, 818. in dat. (inst.)
ofer
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Oð ðæt hié máran léfnesse onféngon ofer eall (per omnia) tó lǽranne, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 58, 8. Ofer eall hlýdende ǽlc man cwæð . . . there was clamouring throughout the crowd and it was said by every one . . . Hml. S. 23, 617.
wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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Lind. 13, 7. hope, expectation Hié cwǽdon ðæt heó ríce ágan woldan . . . Him seó wén geleáh Cd. Th. 4, 5; Gen. 49: 87, 10; Gen. 1446: Andr. Kmbl. 2150; An. 1076: Beo. Th. 4636; B. 2323. Ðæs ic wén hæbbe as I hope 772; B. 383.
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heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Hie heora heáfdu slógan on ða wagas they struck their heads against the walls, Blickl. Homl. 151, 5. Hý habbaþ hunda heáfda they have dogs' heads, Nar. 34, 32. Ða heáfda wǽran ofácorfena the heads were cut off, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 7.
riht
erect, direct ⬩ right, straight ⬩ agreeable to the spirit of law, human or divine, just, equitable ⬩ the requirements of a law ⬩ regulation, legitimate, lawful, regular ⬩ satisfying the demands of conduct, right, proper, fitting ⬩ satisfying the requirements of a standard, right, correct, true, orthodox
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Ða men ðe bearn habban, lǽran hié ðám rihtne þeódscipe regular, discipline, Blickl. Homl. 109, 17. On rihtne tíman (cf, on gesetne tíman) tída ringan (Th. ii. 296, 3), L. Edg.
GRUND
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Th. 2739; B. 1367: Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 34; Wol. 29. ground, earth, land, country, plain; terra, solum, campus Hie ðæt gild gebrǽcan and gefyldan eal óð grund they broke the idol to pieces and cast it all to the ground, Blickl. Homl. 221, 33.
GE-RÉFA
A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count ⬩ præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes
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Swá hie geþingian mǽgen wið cyning and his geréfan as they can agree with the king and his reeve, L. In. 73; Th. i. 148, 12. Gif man ðone geréfan teó if any accuse the reeve, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380,19.
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georne
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Hé geornor wolde sibbe þonne gewinn, Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 18. (6 a) of the course of events, happily, prosperously :-- Hit ágann mid heom gódian georne they began to have uninterrupted prosperity, Wlfst. 14, 14. eagerly, zealously Frýnd synd hié míne georne